The Body of Missing Whitney Heichel Found on Larch Mountain East of Gresham … Police Arrest Jonathan Holt for Aggravated Murder

The body of missing 21 year old Whitney Heichel was found on Larch Mountain, a remote, forested area east of Gresham, OR. Whitney Heichel went missing on Tuesday moring 10/16/12 when she drove off to work and disappeared. Police have  arrested 24 year old Jonathan Holt of Gresham, a neighbor of missing Whitney Heichel, for investigation of aggravated murder. Holt was arrested after a series of interviews didn’t quite add up and investigators found his fingerprints and DNA in her recovered car.

Searchers found the body of a young Oregon woman who vanished this week on her way to work and a neighbor has been arrested, Gresham police said late Friday night.

The body of Whitney Heichel, 21, was found on Larch Mountain, a remote, forested area east of Gresham, Police Chief Craig Junginger told a news conference.

After collecting DNA and fingerprints and conducting three interviews over three days, police arrested Jonathan Holt, 24, of Gresham, for investigation of aggravated murder, the chief said.

Jonathan Holt – Arrested Aggravated Murder (Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office)

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